Tobias Englmaier Judoka

Tobias Englmaier

Country:Germany

Born:29 January 1988 (30 years)

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Tobias Englmaier seems to get stronger each year. In 2008 he won a bronze medal at the Kano Cup but couldn’t get international connection easily U60kg. Was in Grand Prix finals in 2015 in Tbilisi and Zagreb. Won over 10 international World Cup medals.

The German Judo federation announced the team for the Olympic Games in Rio. National coaches Detlef Ultsch and Michael Bazynski gave arguments for their choices in a press conference and all athletes were nominated to the German National Olympic Committee.
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Last year’s European Championships in Montpellier delivered a gold medal for Russia U60kg. This year’s inaugural European Games will likely give the fans some great judo with three players from the World Ranking top 10. Read more

Dusseldorf Grand Prix bronze medallist Rustam IBRAYEV (KAZ) defeated Qingdao Grand Prix winner Vincent LIMARE (FRA) to seal his first Grand Slam gold medal. IBRAYEV, who appeared on his first Grand Slam podium in Tokyo last year as a bronze medallist, was facing a hungry LIMARE, 22, who was already guaranteed his first Grand Slam medal. Read more

Baku Grand Slam bronze medallist Sharafuddin LUTFILLAEV (UZB) was the leading man in the -60kg category as he ended the surprise run of world number 43 Tobias ENGLMAIER (GER). World number 14 LUTFILLAEV threw with uchi-mata for ippon with 78 seconds remaining to follow up on his Warsaw European Open gold medal and continue his superb start to the new season. ENGLMAIER will jump up the rankings and aim to make himself a regular medal contender at this level. Read more